What I think about films, TV and celebs!
A lot of people have been doing their end of year lists since the start of December, but I like to wait a little longer just in case there is a late entry – I thought The Greatest Showman might have made it (it didn’t) – so here are my top 10 films of 2017.
The live-action retelling of Disney classic Beauty and the Beast was under serious pressure to be good because the original meant a lot to my family growing up. Sure, we liked The Jungle Book and Cinderella but Beauty and the Beast is the first of the live-action reboots that I desperately wanted/needed to be good – and I thankfully wasn’t let down.
It’s the start of the month which means it must be movie preview time! I’ve got you covered from superhero movies, Disney live-action reboots to some awesome independent release. Check out my picks!
We are rapidly approaching 2017 so it seems like the right moment to look ahead at what movies we can be excited about this coming year.
This week, there has been an insane influx of movie trailers from Spider-Man: Homecoming, Fifty Shades Darker to Baywatch. There has been so much new footage to feast your eyes on you could be forgiven for missing some. So here’s a handy guide of the trailers you may have missed this week.
I have not been this excited about a film since Star Wars last year and following the critical acclaim it received at the Venice Film Festival, my hype for La La Land was huge and my expectation level so high and it was exactly what I wanted and more. I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it.
This thriller, which has been renamed from Colonia in other countries, has been doing the rounds since the 2015 Toronto Film Festival and has finally come to U.K. shores. It hasn’t fared very well critically and isn’t expected to get many bums on seats, which is why I’m here to tell you to give it a shot – it really isn’t as bad as other critics would lead you to believe.
This week it was announced that Emma Watson would play the lead role in the film adaptation of the 2013 Dave Eggers novel The Circle. It is a technology thriller about a massive Silicon Valley tech giant (like Google or Apple) who gradually unite all the users’ needs, social networks, all Internet activities to the company, so it has almost totalitarian power and can see what anyone is doing at any given time. Here’s why you need to read the book first:
Here’s my selection of the best pictures of Oscars (ahead or during the ceremony):
The most talked about selfie:
GIF of them rushing to get in:
Look at Jennifer pushing Bradley out of the way, Jared rushing in at the last minute and Lupita’s brother rushing in for a prime position behind Bradley.
Benedict Cumberbatch photo bombs U2
Lupita dancing to Pharrell’s Happy
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emma Watson ready to present
As usual, I have picked my best and worst dressed from the selection of celebrities that headed to the MTV Movie Awards in LA last night. That wasn’t a massive turnout of actors considering it’s a film awards ceremony- most of the celebs were models, TV stars and musicians. Perhaps Coachella festival had something to do with it. It’s the first time Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson haven’t showed in years!
The main winners were Avengers, which won Best Film, Best Fight and Best Villain. Silver Linings Playbook won two and Will Ferrell was given a special “Comedic Genius” Award. Very surprised at the lack of awards for Hunger Games and Twilight.
Here are my picks.
BEST DRESSED
Emma Watson
I just love the cut of this dress! The structure of it is amazing, although it could have done with a bolder print.
Kim Kardashian
Kim managed to make pregnancy sexy in this black minidress. She is finally dressing appropriately!
Kerry Washington
I wasn’t sure about this at first but the yellow won me over. This stands out above all the others.
Zoe Saldana
Zoe looks sexy with that slit! Simple yet stunning.
WORST DRESSED
Chloe Moretz
I’m not a big denim fan and I just think Chloe can do much better than this because I have seen her look so glamorous before. This dress is appropriate for her age though, I guess.
Kylie Minogue
This is horrible. I can’t even begin to describe it. It looks futuristic and I just don’t like it. It looks like there is tinsel on it!
Ke$ha
This isn’t bad compared to things she had worn in the past but it seems very hippie. You can see her knickers through her trousers and hair doesn’t look very healthy.
Hayley Williams
I think it’s obvious that Paramore don’t usually do mainstream red carpet events. The dungarees would have been acceptable if teamed with nicer shoes and not-so-crazy hair.
Just for fun….
Will Ferrell looked like a pimp daddy!
